Quotes about Wisdom

I always pass on good advice.  It is the only thing to do with it.  It is never of any use to oneself. mabel

I wrote when I did not know life. Now that I know life, I have no more to write.

Life is much too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it.

Thou art the same: 'tis I whose wretched soul Takes discontent to be its paramour, And gives its kingdom to the rude control Of what should be its servitor,—for sure Wisdom is somewhere, though the stormy sea Contain it not, and the huge deep answer ''Tis not in me.' To

have a wonderful instinct about things.  They can discover everything except the obvious.

Humanity takes itself too seriously.

We don't grow older we grow riper.

It takes a long time to grow young.

Alanis Morissette: "You live, you learn. You love, you learn. You cry, you learn. You lose, you learn." I think there's something pretty comforting in knowing that even the biggest mistakes I'm inevitably going to make will turn me into who I'll be at thirty.

Life is not a fairy tale; it's a parade of events that help you accrue wisdom and courage and faith. You learn first that you can and, later, that you should.

Humility is the only lens though which great things can be seen--and once we have seen them, humility is the only posture possible.

Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.